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a guaranteed promise for the new year
DECEMBER 2018 - Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is...
Bill Fortenberry
Sep 26, 20224 min read
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learning to fly
SEPTEMBER 2017 - Danny Crabbe taught me to fly. When I was 5 years old, my family moved to a duplex on Maple Street. A couple of pictures...
Bill Fortenberry
Sep 14, 20223 min read
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lessons from mexico: great balls of fire
MARCH 2017 - Jorge outside the church at San Francisco. In the Mexican Yucatan peninsula, December days are almost always in the 90s,...
Bill Fortenberry
Sep 14, 20225 min read
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the example
MARCH 2017 - Joe Van Barnes was one of the greats. When our church said good bye to him a few weeks ago it was apparent that, for a man...
Bill Fortenberry
Sep 13, 20223 min read
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valerie's star
DECEMBER 2016 - Our Christmas tree took a turn toward the rustic this year, and the finishing touch is 10 jute stars, a gift from Valerie...
Bill Fortenberry
Sep 13, 20223 min read
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three (almost) christmas miracles
DECEMBER 2016 - Two days after Christmas I and 24 others from my church, will fly to Mexico for a week of mission work in the towns of...
Bill Fortenberry
Sep 13, 20224 min read
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she was radiant
(NOTE: Of all the blog posts I've written, this memorial or eulogy of my beautiful friend, Natalie Bates, is the most read -- more than...
Bill Fortenberry
Sep 13, 20223 min read
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forgotten nuggets from the notes section
SEPTEMBER 2016 - I use the notes app on my phone to jot down inspiration, ideas, affirmations and important information that I'm prone to...
Bill Fortenberry
Sep 11, 20223 min read
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your words can be life changing
SEPTEMBER 2016 - Sometimes, it's the smallest, seemingly most insignificant act that makes a life-changing difference. I heard a story...
Bill Fortenberry
Sep 11, 20223 min read
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of walks and tulips
APRIL 2016 - Those tulips. I have taken to walking at least once during my work day. It started as an exercise in exercise, an attempt to...
Bill Fortenberry
Aug 26, 20222 min read
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first things first
JANUARY 2016 - Seek you first the Kingdom of Heaven and His Righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. This is my life...
Bill Fortenberry
Aug 13, 20221 min read
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